My young son wants to give SWTOR a try.

[Nasedo]

My son really loves Star Wars and wants to give it a try, How family friendly is the game? is there a way to disable the romance options? are there any parental controls?

[JC]

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for the younger players, hes a bit young for that kind of stuff, that's how we have it in our family everyone has different standards for their children.

no such option mate its pegi 16 .They would need add optional storylines too much work so yea if ur kid is too lil yet lego star wars or KOTOR star wars galaxies maybe

You know i was just popping in to post about starwars galaxies. For me it's the greatest starwars game ever made and it's a pure sandbox. If your kid likes skyrim or fallout, or other sandbox style games then this is the one to play. there is very little story, but the starwars vibe is amazing. You also have crafting, decorating/dollhousing which is a ton of fun. it can even rival the sims in that part as there are 1ks of items to use to decorate with.

The only downside is being an online game your going to want at least monitor a kid and set up the chats, but being a smaller/private style server i'm guessing giefing is not really a big issue with that as it's really a hard core player game being it ended over 12 years ago and it's the players that brought it back. It also has Space which is awesome and some servers even added Bespin where you can have an apartment in cloud city!

Being an online game if you set up the chats to omit global/local and just use group for friends it's not a big deal. But also like the other guy said, Kotor is another good example though that game is a bit dated and i could never get into it. Maybe i should try again because people do seam to like that one. Me personally i'm looking forward to the new starwars game coming, the smuggler one, but my friends that are big starwars fans say the new jedi ones are great, i've yet to play them.

[Zero McDol]

@JC
Dude, you're better off just agreeing to disagree at this point. Up to you of course.

We do what we choose to do. I certainly don't agree with your take, but I agree with your right to feel the way that you feel. To each their own; I certainly wouldn't expose a child to this game. This game is rated T for Teen, not T for Children.

Corporate doesn't care. Cussing is already being forced into commercials for whatever reason. Cussing is also being forced into T for Teen games with NFS Unbound being the prime example. Sooner or later the age rating is gonna go bye bye, as well as bye bye to any sort of ability for children experience a childhood or think for themselves.


It is what it is. In the end, parents will choose what content that they do and don't want their children exposed to, as is their right as parents. Don't agree? Fine, but in the end, the choice is up to the parents.

[JC]

i wouldn't let a 5-8 year old play playing an online game in the first place. T is like PG13, which depending on the person they can be up to vastly different levels of maturity. So basically i read the topic as.. my kid that's old enough to be online which i think of as a teen or close enough, not some little first grader.

In the end the parent could easily play the game first and then decide, you know the whole parent thing. Like i said, I'm far less worried about the content of this game than i would be the online aspect. Also, the relationship stuff can be skipped completely, so if you could easily be playing with them, and skipping the obvious relationship stuff as it is really obvious. Then turn off all the chats and instant messages and sit with them or play with them. You could easily build great memories gaming with "dad" like i know tons of people have.

But id suggest playing it first, or the missions before they do as only you know what your kid can handle or want them to see. There are plenty of missions that would just be fun to play and it would be no issue. If there was something you wanted to skip then do it and let them play a little farther along in another session.

[MangorushZ]

Your son is going to soon discover the power of the dark side on the internet sooner or later.

[Berserkr]

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Your son is going to soon discover the power of the dark side on the internet sooner or later.

He's gonna see Sydney Sweeney and never be the same again lol

[Mothvibe]

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It is PEGI 16, why would there be options to disable romances?

for the younger players, hes a bit young for that kind of stuff, that's how we have it in our family everyone has different standards for their children.

oh not romantic feelings, we must shield every child from them in case they understand it's might lead to *checks notes* 'Awkward questions?'.

You're not here to be a parent. You're here to avoid being a parent.

I mean, if you're asking 'Is there sex in the game', then maybe ask that question. THAT would make sense at least.

But you want to 'protect' the kid from 'romance'?

I've met people like you.

How about you protect him from certain filthy animals in your deranged little book-club, not from fictional characters engaging in healthy human relationships?

He's gonna have to learn about romance one day, and he sure won't get that knowledge from you, because you just want to control him - not parent him.

A REAL parent would'nt come here asking lazy ill-thought out questions.

They would've just played the game for themselves and made their OWN minds up, instead of getting others to do their parenting for them.